Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-06
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Rev. ,. 4 FAsnpssa wn Prshsaly -
I Rrsaaans-Hszss orzanlnsa-w.M
I Clarke nsssss spsahsr.
0ExuzA. Dsa s. - Tapeoial.l i --~wa
hase nj the enemy, and we 9ill So
yeu lateRs b t1o s1bs,Anoa af tha -
poEaz today fEnm Gha hela il he onnn-
Ell, Eflex 1he enn1andinn ferasn hea hnrn
aErayed b line. and aftnr sepsrsi blank
cartridges bad ben exploded soaoEons
- bus wi1Aoat harm % angana. Il
wea = enxt oe dneak meet Greek a1aiE.
1ne honeEs ere easy. end 4 ihsEe 3 anY
p.et4 y loe belleg thai wa knoN noe
wat dAy might bzlnR forth, TIE
twelve oonncilmen mag lay that unolian
e ,sslE seals. fos AFTER t1sy bad gene
~ ne hili and he'd Ronn doun anain
nane 81 them eaald then have iaHinalnl3
fusl What they wsro go1ne d Do.
CALLED 10 onnma.
John De 1laxa uE Tkurutan eounav.
a1.slant olsrk 81 Ne iasi oouneIi,
called tae oouncd % order at half paEs
80 O'Clock this AftsFneon.
i After roll call. Rasa 0'nrisn, alark az
ne dietEiet co1El. ndministezed tha
cath Of cfa1s. Thi1 uaa followed 81
nonala..on1 for tempoEagy chairman.
%. g. Whila namiua1nd Miltnn Gnhla.
ot Whltman county, and NJ. Jotspk /
taatef nominated j. ~. LeWia, of Hfne
euantR. Ths latter enloved ahe an.
kAnctlou Of being one OF the Fsnraaan@ 1
eatiTea of The senior osunty and BEING /
iva years the funleF % any mambtr 81 /
l slihog hlAnoh of she leRislatnra. Hs is /
2S years old. TIE result q NE voting /
On cash nominstisn YES Elk yoes and 1
elx naye, tust as easy - anything could /
Be-. While the nominasion FOR Mr..
0ahie waa being voted on, Rev. Mr..
Ihoupacn, II 9 momcntafy hallueinae /
tion of mind. voted may hnl cor. L
recled hlm9alk very handBnmetg. He
wa5 doubtless IN his professional aaDa /
city rnaditatinQ gpon the dagirsbiliiT of 4
hfethEsn dwelling together IN unity.
Rspnhliean unity, for he referred 8o 1
that eondltiun Of agreoment few mo-
nentb Afterwards.
ANXIOUS 10 BEGIN.
6harpsfeIn Of Walla Walia. then aru.s
and eaid that the Democratic ulds of The
council desired 20 speedily bazin the
work ef the session and 10 do 90 amiea.
hiy, without partisan feeling. He pre-
poseo % settle the Qu1slien Of oEEani.
Katinn By easing lots for the fEai oholos
OF ofloaE1 boRinHinR With 9he pHssideut
Of thb council and the ehoios alfeRnst-
ina betwean The tuo divisions Of the
coancil until all the ufloara wara g.
leeted. Then be suggested that &c %
the cnmmilteea The Republican side Of
the oounoil could indicate wholher
the party winninR. the nfss choice of
ofhoers should receive oontrul % ths
drsl eommiisea ehu8en, the Subsequent
choioe tben alternating OF not. This
proposition was formal sugQasfiou of
he wishes Of the Democratic side o. the
council.
Nc. oswsy. Of Fhursaon eounly, rs-
spondad 90 she prnp0aitisn on che part
thai as Mr.. 0ohle bad arrived only this
maKnine. thar had had too lIttle time
for consultation and that he colleagues
we're equally anxious 10 haein active
work. He moved that tie council al.
iourn until tomorrow and dnfinR The
Intefval an agEeemsnt could dcnbtless
be reached.
aU0onsrIoH AocHRzHD. Il
Mr.. Thnmpaon, aEisina 20 seooBd the
neminaffon. from foeeo Of habit "a.
dressed tbs members as shrotheFs,n = bat |
couRhed Bueplciously immcdiately nf-
terwagds and looked hard az MF. Ros.
ter. Tue probable reason for bis 90 DO.
ing viii Be explained further on. TIE
oth1r kspublican members endorsed
Mr.. Conveys proposition.
An informal suggestion that, e mat
Ter Of c0nveuionee, COMMITTEES should
be appointed for each side 70 meet and / |
report, was accepted a. an anaeudmeut
70 Ar. 0Ousy's motion and this vas
aereed upon. Il
Tbs eounolI thsn adiournad unlIl 10 I
O'Clock t9m0TFoW morning.
After some consultation ths following / (
committees wers agreed upon; ReDnb-
lieans-Milten Gable, ]. N. Steel and 1
o. O. white; Henry Roed- I
srs Joseph Foster and W. J. Barker.
soaKRM R0nTEz 0ugBuEanA III
Just before the couneil assembled, i
Mf. Convey, IN anticipation % 3 refusal
10 agree upon temporary organisation
sngRaeted thae tie matter be eateAed b.
Mr. Foster and Mr. Thenps1n playing
q game Of eeven-up. This vas promptly
rejected By Mr.. EeateF, Fl hnxs been
thaxo before. / want 70 have "a aQuni
show Ia any game gst into."
ssfhe siluasion b that there are f0uF
parties In she council, eix n8pahlicAna,
four Democrats. Joseph Foateg and
James II. IseWis,n is the hu1oFous Wag
the Csuneilmen referred % The situation
In lhe eouneil today. The longer g was
talked about The more this division en-
tered into the oAleulations which iookod
10 compFomiss.
TEE MnFunEzckNn' gnNTnEmz. II
TIE ssntlmsat among the Rspubllean
members vas thai Il ~ organization
was effected By c0mpE0miae and
tdivisiun Of the ap0iie," 20 70 speak, I
then The Republicans would insist on
six-twolfths Of She apoii8, allowing
four-twelflhs 60 the Democrats, one
twelfth 20 the Indspendeuis In tha Per-
son Of J. n. Lewis aud o1e-twelfth 20
the Pecpls's Parry IN tbs pernOn Of Jos
Nolsiihsiandlag THE, both Mr. Foster
and NJ. Lewis protested that the Demo-
cxafie Gye had colored their wool q II
color Of unspeaknble 6epih and ienneiiy,
but u did not change the dflft Of ths
Bnputliean eeuslmont regarding 4 pos.
sible osmpsomise. Bul the heplbli-
cans do NOT propose 20 aomrEpmlaa On
anY basis uhlaH does nol give them ths
pfesideuA WhatsFer they may b IN
ollned 10 ooneeda In lhe MISTER % ehs
cfher oficers and tha eommlatees.
HAL sIozErl1Ancn % I'M Sn.
The Republicans realize ne real sla-
uiaeanes Of the equal diviaion of the
esunoil. Ihsy ese that even without
having g nosi1xity, they eau elect host
81 territorial ciliceKn ana knep them
Republican. Thess sfe the efileeg nlied
81 aypointmsnt b. tie governor 9nd
coudFmed by fho oounai. Iheg are ~
feliowBs Auditos, Treasurer, librarian,
suuerinfendent 81 public fnslEnolInu,
thres members Of The board of ednca
tion, GEe EoReats of tha nniveriNly, |
fhfee srustasg af The lnsano nayium,
fArea pllot commissioners. gso mens-
bers of The FACET Sonnd hoafd q
hsalth, two tEnsteea Of t1e 66al ena ,,
rrale nHyinm, 70 susossd D. h. Ihomp-
snn and J. ". npFaRus, ingp1ctor of
aoai mines aad a1psTinlcndent of tbs
penifantiaRy.
TIE law via seapeei fe shese ofassrs
4 that terms are ln1ioafed - tha alter.
natiVs. shat h fof 9 deanlia term. eBK .